Elections Office: issuing of voter cards – UPDATE
The Elections Office is extending the hours during the weekday for Voter ID cards in order to ensure as many persons as possible have the opportunity to receive their ID. The last day to collect a voter’s card from the…
PWD conducts shuttering exercise
Members of the public are advised that the Public Works Department (PWD) and the National Roads Authority (NRA) will carry out their annual hurricane preparedness exercise on Thursday May 2, 2013. As part of the exercise PWD and the NRA…
Boston bombs suspect ‘in custody’/FBI interviewed one in 2011
BBC The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said. Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was found hiding in a boat in a backyard in…
The Editor Speaks: Baines under fire from cops
It is very disturbing there are two claims from police officers in the Cayman courts against the Royal Cayman Islands Police Commissioner, David Baines. The first is from Senior Constable Osbert Smith, who alleges after 26 years as a police…
Pedal cyclist seriously injured in MVA
On Friday 5 April 2013 about 10:56 pm a pedal cyclist was injured along the West Bay Road* in the vicinity of Mandalay Condominiums. His condition is considered serious but stable. The cyclist was apparently riding home towards WB after…
The Editor Speaks: It is not surprising but it is surprising
It is not surprising that ex Cayman Islands premier Bush made all the decisions without consulting anyone. It is not surprising that what he told the public was not exactly the truth. It is not surprising that he kept much…
The Editor Speaks: When volunteers are “obstructive”
I was startled to hear Terrie Farrington from the Cayman Islands Humane Society Board say on CITN/Cayman27 that some volunteers who walk the Society’s dogs were “obstructive”. Unpaid volunteers who heeded the Society’s appeal for more dog walkers are being…
What comes to mind when you think about the holidays?
By Georgina Wilcox Do you groan, feeling burdened by all you have to do? Do you dread going shopping for gifts or cleaning up after a Christmas celebration? Or, do you feel a sense of fun, of delight, of joy…
Tell Argentina to Work Harder to Find Marita and End Sex Slavery
Target: Argentina Judicial System Sponsored by: Susan V Over a decade ago, Susana Trimarco’s daughter, Marita Veron, left for a doctor’s appointment in Tucuman, Argentina and never returned. Susana believes that Marita, 23, was kidnapped and forced into sex slavery….
Letter to the Editor
Is there sabotage from the unscrupulous legal pundits in the Premier’s Case A Anon Based on some of the arrogant comments I have been reading in C[ayman] N[ews] S[ervice]. IT APPEARS that the serpents in the legal profession seeking to…